A farmer in Paragould, Ark., got quite a scare when lightning struck nearby during a storm on Wednesday morning.

 

Video from a doorbell camera shows the moment Clay Smith got startled by a bolt of lightning, followed by loud thunder.

 

Smith tweeted the video of the near-miss adding: "Thought it was a good time to spray those mosquitos." He later tweeted of the huge crack the lightning strike left on a tree. 

 

Thunderstorms moved over east and northeast Arkansas and into Tennessee on Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Memphis issued a severe tornado warning for the Paragould area for part of the evening on that same day.